Hōei crater

E890933

Hōei crater is a large flank crater on Mount Fuji in Japan, formed during the explosive Hōei eruption of 1707–1708 and now a prominent feature on the volcano’s southeastern slope.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hōei crater canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flank crater
volcanic crater
associatedWithEvent Hōei earthquake of 1707
continent Asia
country Japan
eruptionType explosive eruption
eruptiveProducts ash
lapilli
scoria
formationEndDate 1708
formationStartDate 1707
formedBy magmatic explosive activity
phreatomagmatic activity
formedDuring Hōei eruption
geologicalAge Holocene
hasFeature multiple overlapping vents
steep inner walls
tephra deposits
hasJapaneseName 宝永火口
hasViewOf Gotemba Plain
Suruga Bay
hazardType pyroclastic material
tephra fall
hostVolcano Mount Fuji
isPartOf Fuji-Hakone-Izu volcanic region
linked to: Fuji Volcanic Zone
isTouristAttraction true
isVisibleFrom Gotemba area
languageOfName Japanese
lastMajorActivity 1707–1708 Hōei eruption
linked to: Hōei eruption
locatedIn Japan
Shizuoka Prefecture
locatedOn Mount Fuji
locatedOnSlope southeastern slope of Mount Fuji
managedBy Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park authorities
namedAfter Hōei era
nearSettlement Fujinomiya
Gotemba
orientation southeast
partOf Mount Fuji volcanic edifice
linked to: Mount Fuji
partOfTrail Mount Fuji hiking routes
significantEruptionYear 1707
usedFor educational field trips
volcanological research
volcanicArcOrBelt Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc
linked to: Izu–Bonin Arc
volcanoTypeOfHost stratovolcano

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hōei eruption createdFeature Hōei crater
Hōei eruption mainCrater Hōei crater